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JUST WHO ARE GOOD PEOPLE? LOOK INSIDE and Find out 2014 JuSt WHO aRE GOOD PEOPLE? LOOK INSIDE aND fIND Out 2014 GOOD PEOPLE GuIDE www.goodpeoplefund.org Heshvan 5775 • November 2014 OuR StORY Dear Friends of the Good People Fund, Each year as I sit down to write this message, the final step in a process that spans several months, I am reminded of the generosity of each of you, our donors, who make this work possible. Once the body of this report is composed I can see before me the significant scope and impact of our work. It never ceases to amaze me and it certainly makes this work fulfilling beyond the norm. Photo by Mark Berkley I am often asked, “How do you find these amazing people and programs?” I sometimes ask myself that same question, not so much the mechanics of finding them (that’s another conversation) but how such extraordinary people or programs exist in the first instance, as each one of them is awe-inspiring and quietly engaging in acts that by all measure are selfless and compassionate. This past year alone we discovered 13 new Good People who are responding passionately and creatively to right some wrong in our world. Love and socialization opportunities for severely disabled people? For Rabbi Shaul Inbari, himself profoundly disabled, it was a most ordinary question but his response was extraordinary — starting an organization in Israel that opens doors for people with profound disabilities to establish meaningful relationships. Rescuing enslaved children? Yet another ordinary question that evoked an extraordinary response by Evan Robbins, a dedicated high school teacher, who read an article about kids sold into slavery in Ghana and was moved to form an organization to rescue them. Rabbi Inbari and Evan and the remaining 11 new visionaries did not sit back and wait for others to act; they responded and in so doing serve as a reminder that each of us can change the world. MENtORING MattERS many of them work other jobs to support themselves and … the expertise, advice and connections that you gave us were much perhaps a family while trying to “grow” their effort; some are more valuable than the dollars. alone — they have no staff to delegate to or to share ideas with — all while tackling complex injustices in the world. Time and I took pause when I received this message from one of our time again we hear variations on the above comment…how grantees. We know our grants matter but our unique “hands-on” different we are in our approach; how much we really “get it” and approach to tzedakah clearly matters too. So much of our time is understand the challenges associated with non-profit work; and spent mentoring our Good People as they go about their work. finally, how much we ”seem to care about the most important Few are professionally trained in non-profit management; issues in such a genuine way.” Nothing gives us greater pleasure than to actually track the impact of our funds and the advice we offer. For so many of our www.goodpeoplefuND.ORG programs this hands-on approach has allowed them to build Small actions, huge impacts capacity and reach that next level in their development. I liken it to watering and feeding spring seedlings — with just the right CONtaCt tHE GOOD People fuND: amount of attention they can eventually blossom and flourish. Seeing this all unfold makes each day more worthwhile than the last. Email: [email protected] Phone: (973) 761-0580 WE’RE Growing Perhaps one day ours will become a household name and we can When people first learn about our work we often hear, ”How attribute some of that success to our growing team. come I have never heard of you before”? Some have even described us as the “best kept secret in the tzedakah world”. It And finally, if you haven’t yet had the chance, we invite you to is true. Much like our grantees, we operate below the radar. view a short video we produced this past year with the help of an But, our message is an important one that we believe should be anonymous donor. This three minute film(http://bit.ly/1E6H9aD) shared. With the help of donors who agree, we were excited to explains our distinctive approach to tzedakah through the voices engage two outstanding individuals in a part-time consultant of the founders of two of our current programs. In truth, what capacity to help spread our message to both students and to they say about the value and impact of our work tells our story traditional media audiences. best — a story that would not be possible without the generosity and compassion of all of you, our loyal donors, who recognize Robyn Faintich, an Atlanta-based Jewish values education the unique nature of our work and give us the means to grow it specialist completing her doctorate in service learning has even further. come on board as our Education Outreach Consultant and has already produced materials now being disseminated to Jewish As a long-time supporter recently shared, “they move fast, they educators. Rachel Litcofsky, previously Assistant Director of the create tangible results, and they give a much-needed injection of Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University resources and support to these otherwise struggling individuals serves as our PR Consultant and has been instrumental in or organizations.” With your help we can continue to move getting our name out to many communities and media outlets. at this quick pace to bring help where it is needed most and together create a tidal wave of good. Robyn and Rachel, along with our Associate Director, Debbie Klein, have contributed exponentially to our work and I am excited for the new directions and possibilities that await us. tHE fOuR S’s We believe that what Scope: Screening: SuperviSion: Speed: makes our work both The programs we work We take the screening Once we commit to an When needs are great, unusual and highly with cover a broad process very seriously, organization, we don’t time is of the essence. effective can best be spectrum of needs carefully vetting each just hand them a check. We work efficiently and described by the four – from poverty and organization we fund We supervise their work often on a moment’s S’s – scope, screening, hunger to elders and to be sure their work is and guide them on notice to insure that supervision and speed: disabilities, and more. legitimate. their way. needs are met as swiftly as possible. WaR IN ISRaEL OPERatION tzuK EItaN (Protective Edge) The war in Israel this past The past summer reminded us once again how fragile peace and stability can be for the summer occurred after the State of Israel. Whether you stand “left” or “right” or somewhere in between, a very real close of our fiscal year and, danger existed with over 75% of the country threatened by unending rocket attacks and the discovery of tunnels burrowed under kibbutzim on the border. Once again we wrestled as such, relevant financials with the question of where to help. How do we best use our resources in ways that are both effective and meaningful and consistent with our philosophy? We are a modest-sized will not be reported herein; tzedakah fund (though proud of the fact that we have contributed more than $3,300,000 to Israeli programs since our inception) committed to assisting those who might be however, the events that overlooked by larger organizations that collect significant sums of money. We have been, and will always be, dedicated to people who reside “in the corners”, often hidden from view transpired and the impact and yet in need. So, the challenge for us was twofold: to pinpoint those on the margins and then to define the very best ways to help them overcome the war’s impact. of our efforts were too After experiencing five wars in Israel and innumerable natural disasters we know that many significant to ignore in needs arise in the aftermath of the crisis when the “dust settles”. This war was no different. this Annual Report. Initially we directed our resources towards the Fund for needy immigrants in Beersheva where frequent rocket attacks left the city’s new olim (immigrants) even more unsettled and to Lt. col (ret) Tzvika Levy whose work with lone soldiers, many of whom served on the border or in Gaza, was especially critical. It is now nearly three months post ceasefire, yet the needs are still plentiful. 64 soldiers were killed in this war, with nearly half of them leaving behind a fiancée or girlfriend. Phyllis Heimowitz and theAmuta for the Support of girlfriends and Fiancées of Fallen Soldiers are a lifeline for an unprecedented number of new young women who require the kind of support that only her organization can provide. Plans are also underway for trauma therapy for vulnerable individuals in Beersheva, Ashkelon and in a Bedouin community in the Negev where residents have no protective bomb shelters and yet were subjected to numerous rocket attacks. Much like our peace-time efforts, our Operation Protective Edge efforts brought us to the “front lines” but always with careful and deliberate vetting that maximizes the impact of every tzedakah dollar spent. WaR IN ISRaEL HuMaN NEEDS aND SELf-SuffICIENCY a Place to turn When all Else fails ISR and uSa I am in awe of the generosity and compassion of [the] Good People resources available for their benefit. For a limited number of them [Fund]. Your efforts help to save people’s lives.
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